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More Troops and New Strategy for Afghanistan Will Be Hard to Come By

September 25, 2009

The dire situation in Afghanistan, highlighted by the call for more troops by NATO's top commander there, is forcing the...

French General Takes Over Key NATO Command

September 14, 2009

In the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, before an international audience of 800 military personnel...

NATO Probe Finds German Officer at Fault Over Afghan Bombing

September 14, 2009

A German army officer who ordered a deadly airstrike on two fuel trucks in Afghanistan, leaving many civilians dead, violated...

Debate Heats Up Over German-Ordered Afghanistan Airstrike

September 9, 2009

Germany and the US both sought to deflect blame for a recent airstrike in Afghanistan aimed at insurgents but which...

Arms Dealer with Ties to Merkel’s Party Extradited to Germany

August 5, 2009

Karlheinz Schreiber, a key figure in a funding scandal which rocked Chancellor Merkel's conservatives a decade ago, has arrived in...

New Rules of Engagement for German Troops in Afghanistan

July 7, 2009

According to media reports, the German government has dropped some of the conditions of engagement under which its soldiers in...

German Researchers Deplore Trend Toward Arms Build-Up

May 18, 2009

German peace researchers say Germany has not only steadily increased its defense budget over the past three years – it...

German Admits Selling Rocket Material to Iran

May 1, 2009

A German businessman on trial for selling graphite to Iran to make rocket nozzles has admitted the offense. At the...

German Police Search British Army Bases In Corruption Investigation

April 30, 2009

Local police raided several British military installations in Germany on Tuesday. They suspect that military personnel have been accepting kick-backs...

French Parliament Backs Return to NATO Military Command

March 25, 2009

French President Sarkozy's government survived a confidence vote in parliament Tuesday prompted by plans to rejoin NATO’s integrated command, more...